Ok I promised and so here it is, faster than I thought actually. I give this to you, to answer some questions. And now the scene is set :D please review. Im gonna wait around now until I have a few before I continue, just to check you're all still interested.

Hope you like it.

Chapter 9

Jacobs POV

"aghhhhh" I groaned clutching to my head as I sat up. My head was pounding, I felt like I had been given a sharp smack with a mallet. I opened my eyes and glanced around, I was on some kind of hospital bed in the middle of my living room. I also seemed to be alone, or at least that's what I thought. I heard the familiar sound of creaking floor boards as the roll of wheels set over them heading towards me from down the corridor.

"Well look who's awake, how are you feeling son?"

"like I got ran over with a steam roller a few times" I sighed swinging my heavy feeling legs over to the side of the bed and slowly standing up. I felt like my feet were set in concrete and my knees were made of jelly. I attempted to take a step forwards and was welcomed back to the world of the conscious by my face slamming into the floor.

"OUCH!" I lay there for a few seconds and just stared at the grain in the floor boards. I had never really paid that much attention before but this floor really needed a good clean.

"son are you planning on licking the floor clean?" came a slightly humour filled voice behind me. Apparently I was the only one who hadn't noticed the onslaught of dirt ground into the groves of the floor. Of course this couldn't really be helped when a pack of wolfs had a habit of herding through this place on a daily basis.

"no, I'm simply planning my next move...and trying to remember how to make my legs work again"

I heard a low chuckle boom from my dad's chest before he rolled closer and held out a hand. I took it and he managed to help me sit up a little. Just as I went to tackle standing up again I felt his hand on my shoulder re-sit me.

"I think it's best if you stay down there for now son, we need to have a chat"

"look dad I know I shouldn't of, it was selfish, I'm not some mad case I won't try it again..." I trailed of avoiding looking my dad in the eyes.

"no, it's not about that, all though...no you sure as hell won't be doing that again, it was incredibly selfish but I can't help but sympathise with you. When your mother passed away I was close to self destruct myself" I admitted lowering his head and steadying his emotions before continuing.

"It is however about Bella" I cringed and my face contorted into a picture of utter pain. Just hearing her name was enough for all my insides to freeze up and my heart to skip beats. I couldn't help but picture my poor Bells a tortured mess, crumbled and broken. That's the oh so beautiful picture I had been left with thanks to Cullen. He had told me what had happened, how she was attacked before he had chance to save her. They left her mutilated, in pieces, covered in her own blood. He apparently found her in lifeless, pale with absolutely no hope of being fixed. I felt the bile collect in my throat and just as I was about to hurl...

"she's alive sun, alive and human" Billy finished almost sounding hurt.

My head shot up and I took in every inch of the old mans face. Was he lieing to me? Trying this to keep me sain, to try and stop this bone crushing pain?

"you're lying!"

"no I'm not, she was here today son, she has been here all week helping to put you back together"

A little ironic I thought to myself, Bella alive and well piecing me back together because I had fallen apart over her.

"what do you mean? I don't understand he said she was dead, said she was..." I couldn't finish the thought of how he had explained it flashed through my mind and pain mixed with pure anger and hatred begun to boil up inside me.

"he was lying, I don't know why. I don't think I want to but he was. She is alive and well...to an extent. She is a doctor now, here with a...erm...with a friend. He helped take care of you".

I watched as the old man stumbled over his words. Something wasn't right, he was always sure about every word that escaped his mind through his mouth. His uncertainty was disturbing.

"what do you mean to an extent?"

"she hasn't exactly found it too easy coming back here. In all honesty I myself haven't made it any easier. I regret it now son but whilst you were out of it lying there, I couldn't help but resent her. I was worried about you, you really were a mess Jacob. I blamed her. But that didn't stop her, she was here practically every minute of the day over the whole week, regardless of the looks and comments we all said. She brushed them off, well at least that's what she tried to and focused wholly on you. I didn't say anything to her Jacob, in fact quite the opposite. The boys however were much more vocal them and of course Leah. All except for Seth."

I sat silent and listen to my dad waffle on. I couldn't believe how harsh they had all been. Yeh so what if I was a mess, they should have known better. I had the right to be pissed off and act out her. Not them. Seth of course would stand by her, probably if I know him like I think I do he did it for me. That and the fact he still holds a torch for her. I sighed heavily and heaved myself up from the floor. Finally feeling steady I begun to head for the door.

"where are you going, the doc said you need to stay rested"

"I'm going to see her, I'm assuming she's at Charlie's?" I didn't turn around. I didn't want to even look at him right now, my emotions were too fucked up.

"no actually, I just got a call they are at Sam's"

I nodded my head. I didn't bother to question who 'they' were or why she was there instead of at home. I grabbed my car keys and headed straight for my truck. Jumping in I shoved in the keys, slammed on the accelerator and headed straight for Sam's.

I didn't care about what my dad had said, I had to see her with my own eyes. Not that I had any idea how I was going to react when I got there. My heart was certain, I would scoop her up and take us both away from here, forever. My head thought quite the opposite, she had hurt me. No she had destroyed me, taking me heart and soul the day she disappeared with that good for nothing leech. The mixture was too intense to deal with so I cleared my head best I could and decided to concentrate on one task at a time.

Bella's POV

"so yeh we meet shortly after fresher's night, Logan was one of the only sober ones left at the party and he had apparently been 'keeping an eye on me' all night. He saw the guy spike my drink and decided to step in. From there well we became closer and closer until the big lump and i were best friends"

Emily was watching me intently, listening to every word and taking them in completely. It was like looking at a child listening to their favourite bed time story. She was completely captivated. I couldn't help but smile a little.

"like I said me and Edward hadn't exactly been going so well since we left forks. I missed it here, all of you. Jacob. But he wouldn't let me call, visit, nothing. He had taken complete control over everything in my life. He always said it was in my best interests, at the time I couldn't see it but towards the end, with a little help from Logan it was made as clear as day"

"I always knew that wanker was bad for you" Emily suddenly spoke up interrupting my flow. I had never heard her speak that way about anyone. Never heard her say a curse word, not once. In all honesty I was a little speechless. I sat and stared at her for a few seconds, mouth a gape and eyes wide.

"sorry Bella, its just seeing Jacob after you left. All he went through. I always liked you, I still do. I hated seeing you leave, I always thought that boy was bad for you. You were always so high spirited and strong with Jacob. Its like Edward drained all the soul out of you when he was around. Please continue"

That was not a road I wanted to go down. Of course she was completely right, Jake was my sun, my earth and moon. He was everything I needed to live, Edward, well he wasn't. Taking a long gulp of my water I decided to skim over that subject and continue on.

" so me and Edward separated around 7 months after I left, but I stayed on at university and moved in with Logan. Everything was great, I missed everyone but being able to live a normal human life was...well it was refreshing"

Emily nodded her head in understanding. There was no signs of ill judgement on her face, she simply wanted to finally understand my end of the story.

"I always thought about phoning Jake and the others, you. I know it sounds selfish but I just wanted a few weeks of normality and in all honest I was terrified of the rejection. So I decided to give myself a month and then make the contact. Bite the bullet and all that. 4 weeks passed and I decided to do just that. However the supernatural world had other thoughts"

This was not going to be easy. I fidgeted on my seat a little and leant back to see Logan though the small passageway into the living room.

"Logan saw I was anxious so decided to take me on a walk through the forest to calm me down and clear my head. We had been walking around for about 15 minutes when we realized how dark it had gotten and begun to head back. That was when they appeared. Five of them surrounded us completely. All of the similar shape and size but 2 of them were distinctively vampires. Their red eyes almost sparkled in the dim light. Logan instinctively grabbed me and put me behind him. He had no idea what they were, or what he was facing."

I grimaced as the memory begun to creep up on me. I hadn't spoken to anyone about this since that day. Not really. I had always tried to bury it, forget about it. At least until I got the brutal remind every time I saw Logans scars, or had the courage to look at my own reflection.

"they laughed at his move and begun to taunt him. They told him they wanted me and he was simply just a snack to entertain the vampires. He ignored their warning and refused to back down. They even gave him the choice to run. He stood tall in front of me and showed no signs of wavering. Thats when it begun. The vampires didn't move but the other three stepped forward. They begun to slice into him, using these long claws, they slashed at him until he fell to the ground in pain. I tried to step up, get in front of him but he just kept pushing me behind him again"

I felt the tears stinging in my eyes and pouring down my face. My body begun to shiver but I had begun and it felt like I had lost control, the explanation of the whole night fell out of my mouth like I had lost control.

"He fell but dragged himself up again. Every time he insisted they were not going to have me, that they were not going to win. He fell down in front of six times and each time he pulled himself up a little weaker than the time before. He refused to back down, to give up. I was screaming and begging him to let me pass and let me go but he just shoved me back with everything he had. The seventh time was the last, they made a slash straight across his chest right by his heart. He hit the floor and his body fell forward as they dug straight aross his back. For the first time he let his pain show and let out a blood curdling scream. I felt helpless and I fell beside him cradling his body into mine, rocking him back and forth as he fell unconscious whilst begging me to run.

I thought he was dead or at least almost, his heart was barely beating. I clutched him into my body and held him as tight as I could. Then they begun on me, the 3 of them pulled me away from him kicking and screaming and begun clawing at me. In all honesty by this point I was pretty numb to everything. I just wanted to die. But the blood was now too much for the vampires to deal with and they snatched me away plunging into my throat. I don't think I even flinched, the pain was excoriating but I just wanted it all over with. That's when everything went black".

So come on, was that what you was expecting? How much do you love Logan right now?

Ok I have one big question, what would you prefer. Jacob and Bella simply falling into each other's arms or do you want a little realism where life just isn't going to be that easy?

As I lovingly gave you two in one im gonna wait around a bit before posting...im not so secretly hoping to hit 35 reviews...hint hint :D